CIAO DATE: 05/2010
August 2009
Few people doubt that gender inequality influences the spread of HIV/AIDS. Yet public health efforts tend to focus on changing individual behavior rather than addressing structural factors—social, economic, physical and political—that influence the spread and effects of HIV and AIDS.
Resource link: Going Beyond Gender as Usual: Why and How Global HIV/AIDS Donors Can Do More for Women and Girls [PDF] - 65K